Garment supporting and displaying device



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CLABENCED. PERRINE, or CLEVELAND, oHIo.

GARMENT SUPPORTING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE.

' Application filed A ril 12, 1918. Serial No. 228,101.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE D. PERRINE, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates,and a resident of Cleveland, in. the county of Cuyalioga andState of Ohioghave invented an Lnorovement in Garment Su portin and i tb Displaying Devices, of which the following is a specification. Thisinvention relates to garment supports, and more particularly to supportsfor upper garments. One of the objects thereof is to provide a simpleand practical device of the above nature adapted to securely andeffectively support a garment. Another ob-v ject is to provide a. deviceof the above type, of compact construction and adapted for Anotherobject is to provide .andevice of the above type in which a garment maybe conveniently and effectively displayed for sale. Other objects willbe in part obvio elements and arrangement of partswhich will beexemplified in the structure hereinafter described and the scope ofthe-application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing. in whichv is v hown one of various possibleembodiments of this invention, i

Figure 1 is a front elevation thereof, showing the same 1n dotted llnesin an al-' ternative position. p V V Figure 2 1s a s1de elevation oftheparts shown in Fm ure 1; and

Figure 3 is a viewsimilarzto Figure 2.

showing the parts in another position.

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As conducive to a clearer understanding ofcertain features of thisinvention, it may be noted thatit is often desirable to support garmentsand particularly-under garments compactly arranged as in sales rooms andyet have them readily exhibited in proper form to display their shape togood advantage. It is also highly desirable that the garments may bereadily an conveniently displayed in order that a succession of suchgarments may be exhibited with little loss of time.

us and in part pointed The attainment of the above advantage withoutextensive or complicated apparatus is among the dominant aims of thisinvention. 7

Referring now to Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, there is shown acurved shoulder supporting member 10 which may well be formed of wood.Rigidly secured to this member as by the staples 11. ateach end is asubstantially rectangular frame 12,

formed of stiff wire or small steel rods.

Mounted upon the upright members of this frame 12 in slidable relationas by means of the eyes 13, is a cross rod 14 which is given a doubleturn at the center to provide a double eye 15. Extending through thiseye 15 is an upright rod 16 headed over at its lower end and providedwith a washer 17 against which the eyerests. This rod 16 is providedwith anacute double bend 18' and at a point upwardly spaced therefrom.

a sharp bend 19 against which the support ing member 10 normally rests.Above the bend 19, rod 16 passes throughfa slot 20 formed in the member10 and thence up wardly to form the book 21 by which the device issupported as upon a suitable rod 22. It is to be understood that anumber of these devices maybe supported on a single rod 22 normallylying transverse to the rod.

Stretched between the rod 14 and the upper rod 23 of the frame 12 whichis forwardly displaced as indicated at 24: in Figure 2 of the drawings,are a number of flat springs 25, each of which embraces at its oppositeends the rods 14 and 23 respectively. Th eyes 26 by which the latterconnections are made, are formed by merely bending over the ends of thesprings so as securely to hold the springs in place and yet permit themto turn with respect to the rods. It may be noted that the springs aretempered in such form that they tend to bow, or spring forwardly withrespecttothe device as a whole, assuming the view shown in Figure 1 tobe a front elevation.

In the use of the device, assuming that a garment is supported thereon,when it is desired to extend the front of the garment for displaypurposes, or better to support it, it is first slid along rod 22 into aposition in which it is spaced from the adjacent devices. It is thenswung at right angles to its normal position which brings it intosubstantial parallelism with the supporting rod. This actionbrings thebend 19 into registry with slot 20 and the weight of the garment oraction of the springs, or both, immediately causes the support 10 todrop downwardly to the double bend 18 as shown. in

Figure 3 of the drawings. As this action takes place, the rod 1a ismoved upwardly with respect to the frame 12 and the several springs 25are bowed outwardly and forwardly, as indicated in Figure 8. The breastportion of the garment is thus distended and it is thus held in aposition in which it is displayed to advantage. By a simple reversal ofthe above steps, the support 10.

is lifted above the bend or shoulder 19 and thereupon turned into theposition shown in Figure 1, the support then being returned to itsnormal flat position.

It is to be understood that although the.

As various possible embodiments lnl jliil be made of the above inventionand as various changes might be made in the embodii ment above setforth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shownin the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illust 'ative andnot in a limiting sense.

'I claim as my invention:

1. In a garmentsupporting device, in combination, a plurality ofrelatively inovable supporting members mounted to I'Ol'lll acollapsiblesupporting frame for the upper portion of a garment, and a device bywhich said frame is suspended adapted to turn relatively thereto andlock said inen'ibei s in position by its turning movement.

2. In a 'arment-su moi-ting device, in.

combination, a supporting member, means connected with said supportingmember adapted upon actuation to expand the garment, and a memberadapted to suspend the device and to actuate said expanding means, I

said last member being rendered operative by turning said first memberwith respect thereto about its axis. 7

3. In a garmentsupporting device, in combination, a main supportingmember, a member by which the device is suspended, a plurality ofspringseach held at one end against bodily movement, means comprising a lowermember controlled from said second member adapted simultaneously toforce the opposite ends of said springs toward the first-mentioned endsthereof and means adapted to guide the ends of said lower member. I

4. In a garment-supporting device, in'

combination, a main supporting member of curved form, an uprightnieinbei" having a portion adapted to make connection with a stationarysupport and extending past said first member in guided relation thereto,

plurality of substantially upright spring 7 members having their upperends held against bodily movement, a connection between said uprightmember. and the lower ends of said springs and guiding means for saidconnection.

5. In a garment-supporting device, in combination, a main supportingmember of curved form, an upright member having portion adaptedto makeconnection with stationar su ort and extendin v east said a l firstmember in guided relation thereto, a plurality of substantially; uprightspring members having their upper ends held against bodily movement, aconnection between said upright member and the lower ends of saidsprings, saidconnection comprising a member to which said upright memberissecured, and guides for the ends thereof. p v 6. In agarment-supporting device, 1 combination, a main supporting member. of

V curved form, an upright member having a portion adapted to makeconnection with a s'tationary support and extending past said firstmember in guided relation thereto-, a

plurality of substantially upright s nking members having their upperends "held against bodily movement, a connection between said uprightmember and the lower;

ends of saidsprings, and'ineans controlled by twisting" said uprightmember about a vertica-l axis for locking the parts in position. V V V VIn testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this10th day of April, 1918.

' CLARENCE D. PERR INE,

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